Box Rocks Music Marathon Held In Aid of Charity

A Box village pub, the Queen’s Head, held an eight hour live music

marathon in aid of charity last Bank Holiday Monday. Box Rocks, taking place on

the 30th of August, proved as much a hit this year as it has before,

with eight bands playing in total.

James Creighton, who works at the Queen’s Head, said: “It went

really well, so far we’ve raised £2,700 and hoping for more stuff from what’s

yet to be counted. All the bands played really well, the audience loved every band.”

Box Rocks has been going for seventeen years, drawing locals to

the popular pub on the outskirts of Corsham for a good night with a good

atmosphere. If you went, tell us how you found the evening and what you most

enjoyed about it.

The event was from 2.00pm to 10.30pm, featuring the bands The

Bourbons, Recode, The Every Day Symphony, First Offence, The Mighty Rooster,

Funkensteins, The Will Blake Band and Hits of the ‘60s with the Rockin Horrors. Which was your

favourite? Check out their MySpace pages for a taste of their music.

Money raised at the event is donated to the Forever Friends

Appeal which raises funds for state-of-the-art medical equipment and facilities

for the Royal United Hospital, an acute district general hospital for Bath,

surrounding towns and villages in Somerset and West Wiltshire.